Salt-cellar.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

S. STEVENS.

SALT CELLAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

W/f/VESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

SYLVANUS STEVENS, OF GRAYLING, MICHIGAN.

SALT-CELLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,169, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed March 31.1903 Serial No. 1 1- N 111 11 To caZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SYLVANUS STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grayling, in the county of Crawford and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Salt-Cellars,of which the followingis a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a salt cellar with an improved attachment whereby the salt when it becomes hard may be broken up or pulverized and shaken through a perforated top; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a salt-cellar provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a perspective view of a modified form of the attachment; Fig. 3, a similar view of the attachment as shown in Fig. 1, but removed from the salt-cellar; and Fig. 4, a plan View of the cap of the salt-cellar.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a an ordinary saltcellar provided with a perforated cap b,which is adapted to be connected therewith by means of a screw-thread or in the usual manner, as shown at c.

The cap I) of the salt-cellar is provided with a circular opening d, and in the practice of myinvention I provide an attachment 6, comprising a shank portion 6 having spring handles or arms 6 at its upper end, and a stirrer, breaker, or agitator e*. The part e as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, consists simply of a plate secured to the lower end of the shank e in any desired manner; but in the form of construction shown in Fig. 2 this part consists of a rectangular frame. The shanke in the form of construction shownis composed of twisted wire, and the separate strands of wire are separated at the upper end to form handles or arms a and at the lower end to form the member e.

The'handles or arms 6 are provided on their outer sides each with a notch or recess 6 and the edge walls ofthe opening (2 in the cap I) titin these notches or recesses. In order to break up solidified salt, the attachment may be used as a plunger, and in this operation the spring handles or arms e are pressed together and the device is moved up and down,

as will be readily understood. .The device may also be used for the purpose of breaking up or pulverizing the salt by simply rotating it within the salt-cellar, and this is done by means of the handles or arms e as will be readily understood. I Y

The attachment is not removable from th cap I); but said cap may be removed whenever desired in the usual manner.

The attachment may be rotated as hereinbefore described and for the purpose specified without having the cap portion 1) fitting in the notches or recesses 6 but these notches or recesses prevent the attachment from being moved longitudinally through the cap I) when said cap fits therein; but the attachment may be used either as a plunger or as a rotatable device in any position in which it is desired to hold it.

This device is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A salt-cellar provided with a removable perforated cap having a central opening, and an attachment which is adapted to be inserted into the salt-cellar and which comprises a shank having upwardly-directed spring-arms which pass through the opening in the cap and which engage said cap, said shank being provided at its lower end with a breaker or stirrer, substantially as shown and described.

2. A salt-cellar provided with a removable perforated cap having a central circular opening, and an attachment which is adapted to be insertedinto the salt-cellar and which comprises a shank having upwardly directed spring-arms which pass through the opening I my invention I have signed my name, in presin the cap, said shank being provided at its ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 26th lower end with a breaker or stirrer, and said day of March, 1903.

spring-arms being provided in their outer SYLVANUS STEVENS. 5 sides with notches or recesses, substantially NVitnesses:

as shown and described. F. E. LOVE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as O. PALMER. 

